The university will also confer honorary degrees on four other immigrants who have made important contributions to the United States and their communities, including Toufic Baaklini, the president and board chairman of In Defense of Christians, which advocates on behalf of Christians and vulnerable populations in the Middle East, and Maria Suarez Hamm, the longtime executive director of Centro Tepeyac, a pro-life women’s clinic in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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